diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_fp.c b/sys/kern/kern_fp.c
--- a/sys/kern/kern_fp.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_fp.c
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@
     }
     if (flags & FREAD)
 	vmode |= VREAD;
+    if (td->td_proc == NULL) {
+	error = EINVAL;
+	goto bad2;
+    }
     if (vmode) {
 	error = VOP_ACCESS(vp, vmode, td->td_proc->p_ucred);
 	if (error)
@@ -172,8 +176,7 @@
      */
     if ((error = falloc(NULL, fpp, NULL)) != 0)
 	goto bad2;
-    if (td->td_proc)
-	fsetcred(*fpp, td->td_proc->p_ucred);
+    fsetcred(*fpp, td->td_proc->p_ucred);
 
     error = VOP_OPEN(vp, flags, td->td_proc->p_ucred, fpp);